Introducing Wowhead News 2.0

Almost exactly a year ago we launched Wowhead News. Its intention was to make the blogging our content team did more visible and it certainly did exactly that.

However, a lot of people had problems with the layout. It wasn't styled like Wowhead, it wasn't practical in design, and its separate domain gave everyone a headache--especially the part where it would log people out frequently and make commenting difficult.

So a while ago, when we were talking about what features we'd like to do for our community, I threw out the idea that I'd eventually like to see Wowhead News redone in a style more becoming of Wowhead. As it turns out, so did the rest of the Wowhead team!

Today I'm proud to reveal the fruit of our labor: Wowhead News 2.0, a version that truly returns to its roots. We hope you like it--be sure to check out the sidebar as well for some awesome new features, including a featured guide box as well as the most popular addons from WoW Interface!

Please report any issues or suggestions right here in the comments and we'll stay on it for the remainder of this week and next.

Комментарии

Комментарий от Monday

on 2012-06-07T19:07:25-05:00

I like it.

A lot.

And it's the same domain, so I stay logged in! Thanks, Wowhead team <3

Комментарий от ajmarino

on 2012-06-07T19:10:12-05:00

Nice job with the redesign, I'm liken the new site, really flows well with the rest of the Wowhead pages. Woulda been cool if the news was given a little more responsive touch. Speaking as a web developer, making the news optimized for mobile would be real sweet, since more and more ppl are browsing the web from these types of devices. Regardless, nice job!

Комментарий от Ward5x5

on 2012-06-07T19:11:04-05:00

Definitely an upgrade, it really feels like part of wowhead now.

Комментарий от devolore

on 2012-06-07T19:12:13-05:00

I love this SO HARD

Комментарий от araxis666

on 2012-06-07T19:15:07-05:00

it looks really cool :)....and i agree with ajmarino, mobile version of this page will be nice :)

Комментарий от blkhrt1

on 2012-06-07T19:16:09-05:00

Love the UI. Good layout. Grats, Wowhead!

Комментарий от Cakekun

on 2012-06-07T19:21:41-05:00

Much much simplified.

All I have to say now.

Комментарий от perculia

on 2012-06-07T19:23:03-05:00

Really happy to see this finally up--it's great how everyone working on Wowhead was on the same page and we incorporated a lot of user feedback. I personally like wowhead.com/news (always felt more intuitive), the larger fonts, and the tab/table styling since they looked a little weird on the blog previously and that made my guides sad.

Комментарий от baradiel

on 2012-06-07T19:27:34-05:00

Very Nice!

Now i LOVE the blog of wowhead!

Very nice Job!

Комментарий от asakawa

on 2012-06-07T19:31:44-05:00

Very nice!

Комментарий от kenziebee

on 2012-06-07T19:33:25-05:00

Very nice, I like it.

Комментарий от Ashelia

on 2012-06-07T19:34:57-05:00

I hope you guys enjoy it! Definitely tried to make sure we listened to you--it felt like 10% of the people really liked it, 20-30% were indifferent, and 60% hated it. And when you're getting that level of negative feedback, it means you should try to do something about it!

It didn't hurt that I really didn't like Wowhead News' layout from the beginning as well ;)

As far as known bugs, there are some cacheing issues with the domain. Right now it is forwarding, but sometimes it just forwards to the index rather than the former blog post--so if you link to a wowheadnews.com link, it may not work 100% right. So we will have to fix that up. Unfortunately Spiffy's off at volleyball, so we will have to wait a few hours.

Комментарий от Monday

on 2012-06-07T19:36:09-05:00

Wait, coders do things in their spare time that involve physical activity?

WHAT IS THIS!?

No seriously, I'm kidding. I hope Spiffy is having fun ^^

Комментарий от Ashelia

on 2012-06-07T19:37:32-05:00

Wait, coders do things in their spare time that involve physical activity?

WHAT IS THIS!?

No seriously, I'm kidding. I hope Spiffy is having fun ^^

I know, right!?!?! He's a machine.

I haven't even left the house today. Been working on this thing since 6AM...

Комментарий от Pwntiff

on 2012-06-07T19:41:21-05:00

I haven't even left the house today. Been working on this thing since 6AM...